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Special Weather Statement, NWS Charleston, WV

July 19, 2013Lincoln County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this special weather statement at Jul 19, 2013, 6:49 PM EDT for Lincoln County, West Virginia. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 19, 2013, 6:49 PM EDT (22:49 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 2013, 7:30 PM EDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, WV

County Lincoln County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 193 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 2933 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 784 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 19, 4:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 4:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 2:14 PM EDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
214 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

KYZ102-103-105-WVZ005-006-013>016-018-024>030-201815-
CARTER-BOYD-LAWRENCE KY-WAYNE-CABELL-LINCOLN-PUTNAM-KANAWHA-ROANE-
CALHOUN-MINGO-LOGAN-BOONE-CLAY-BRAXTON-GILMER-LEWIS-
214 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND MUCH
OF WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HEAT ADVISORY.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. SHOULD
REPETITIVE CELLS MOVE OVER THE SAME LOCALIZED AREA...FLOODING
CONCERNS MAY DEVELOP ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY INTO
SATURDAY NIGHT. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF HEAVY
RAINFALL AS WELL AS STRONG WIND GUSTS AND SMALL HAIL.

ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...TRENDS
WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR POTENTIAL FLOOD CONCERNS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

VAZ003-004-WVZ033>040-046-047-201815-
DICKENSON-BUCHANAN-MCDOWELL-WYOMING-RALEIGH-FAYETTE-NICHOLAS-WEBSTER-
UPSHUR-BARBOUR-POCAHONTAS-RANDOLPH-
214 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...CENTRAL
WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. SHOULD
REPETITIVE CELLS MOVE OVER THE SAME LOCALIZED AREA...FLOODING
CONCERNS MAY DEVELOP ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY INTO
SATURDAY NIGHT. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF HEAVY
RAINFALL AS WELL AS STRONG WIND GUSTS AND SMALL HAIL.

ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...TRENDS
WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR POTENTIAL FLOOD CONCERNS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

KYZ101-OHZ066-067-075-076-083>087-WVZ007>011-017-019-020-031-032-
201815-
GREENUP-PERRY-MORGAN-ATHENS-WASHINGTON-JACKSON OH-VINTON-MEIGS-
GALLIA-LAWRENCE OH-MASON-JACKSON WV-WOOD-PLEASANTS-TYLER-WIRT-
RITCHIE-DODDRIDGE-HARRISON-TAYLOR-
214 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...SOUTHEAST OHIO...CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN WEST
VIRGINIA AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HEAT ADVISORY.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. SHOULD
REPETITIVE CELLS MOVE OVER THE SAME LOCALIZED AREA...FLOODING
CONCERNS MAY DEVELOP ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY
NIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.

ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...TRENDS
WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR POTENTIAL FLOOD CONCERNS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 19, 4:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 19, 6:19 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 19, 6:22 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
622 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0400 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 WSW BEVERLY           39.54N  81.68W
07/19/2013                   WASHINGTON         OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            3 TO 4 LARGE TREES BLOWN DOWN ON A PROPERTY LOCATED ON
            RIGHTEOUS RUN ROAD...A DOOR WAS ALSO BLOWN OFF OF A
            BARN...TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1300798

TAX

Local storm report, Jul 19, 6:27 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
627 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0405 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 W BEVERLY             39.55N  81.66W
07/19/2013                   WASHINGTON         OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
            COUNTY ROUTE 32 AND MILNER ROAD...TIME ESTIMATED FROM
            RADAR

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1300799

TAX

Local storm report, Jul 19, 6:32 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
632 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0400 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 SSW BEVERLY           39.52N  81.65W
07/19/2013                   WASHINGTON         OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN IN THE AREA WHERE ROUTE 339
            INTERSECTS WITH COUNTY ROAD 6...THIS IS ALSO IN THE SAME
            AREA OF BUCHANAN ROAD AND FLINT RUN ROAD
            INTERSECTIONS...TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR

&&

EVENT NUMBER RLX1300800

TAX

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 6:49 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
649 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

WVZ005-013>015-026-192330-
BOONE WV-KANAWHA WV-LINCOLN WV-PUTNAM WV-WAYNE WV-
649 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL WAYNE...LINCOLN...
NORTHWESTERN BOONE...SOUTHWESTERN PUTNAM AND WEST CENTRAL KANAWHA
COUNTIES...

AT 643 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF HAMLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. VERY HEAVY RAIN
WILL FALL FROM THIS STORM...AND WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND
QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. EXPECT INTENSE
LIGHTNING FROM THIS STORM. DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER
UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS WHEN A
THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR MYRA AROUND 700 PM...PALERMO AROUND 705 PM...
SWEETLAND AROUND 710 PM...GRIFFITHSVILLE AROUND 720 PM...WOODVILLE
AROUND 725 PM AND SOD AROUND 730 PM.

YOU MAY REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER BY POSTING YOUR REPORT TO THE
CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE...OR
BY USING THE TWITTER HASHTAG...NWSRLX.

LAT...LON 3823 8234 3825 8230 3824 8230 3823 8227
      3826 8224 3826 8225 3829 8221 3844 8186
      3811 8169 3805 8225

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 19, 3:28 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	RLX	Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge and 18 more	15 hr
Jul 19, 1:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis and 2 more	50 min
Jul 19, 1:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Barbour, Braxton, Lewis, Taylor, Upshur	48 min
Jul 19, 2:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Calhoun, Gilmer, Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane and 2 more	53 min
Jul 19, 3:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Wirt	59 min
Jul 19, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Pocahontas	59 min
Jul 19, 3:24 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RLX	Doddridge, Pleasants, Ritchie, Tyler	3 hr
Jul 19, 6:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Lincoln	39 min
Jul 19, 7:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Fayette	59 min
Jul 19, 3:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Athens, Meigs	41 min
Jul 19, 4:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RLX	Perry	63 min
Jul 19, 4:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RLX	Morgan, Perry	58 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in West Virginia, 2013 Every special weather statement in 2013

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.